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Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora

Dioecesis Liberationis Marianae



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Bishop(s)

  • Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R., Bishop
  • Armando Bucciol, Bishop Emeritus

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
27 February 1967ErectedDiocese of Caetité (Abaira, Agua Quente, Barra da Estiva, Boninal, Contendas do Sincorá, Dom Basilio, Ibicoara, Ibitiara, Ibipitanga, Iramaia, Ituaçu, Jussiapé, Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Mucugê, Paramirim, Piata, Rio de Contas, Rio do Pires, and Tanhaçu) Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (erected)
16 January 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (from Sao Salvador da Bahia)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1970230,000230,000100.0%571219,16612619ap1971
1976230,000260,00088.5%551023,0006719ap1977
1980249,000281,00088.6%471122,63610819ap1981
1990317,000353,00089.8%6121817,611121830ap1991
1999231,000290,00079.7%771416,50071119ap2000
2000234,000294,00079.6%661219,50071719ap2001
2001228,600282,00081.1%851317,58461119ap2002
2002243,281304,10280.0%681417,37781019ap2003
2003243,281304,10280.0%951417,3775719ap2004
2004233,878269,07186.9%961515,5916719ap2005
2013282,000340,00082.9%1582312,26081721ap2014
2016271,303319,18185.0%1662212,33161321ap2017
2019265,226306,20286.6%1572212,05571221ap2020
2021256,689311,00082.5%1772410,69571321ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 534, to Page 536
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 252, and Page 253

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